Shloka 98
पार्थिवप्रतिमापूजाविधानम्
Pārthiva-pratimā Pūjā-vidhāna — Procedure for Worship of an Earthen Icon
प्रकृतेर्व्यक्ततां यातं द्वितीयं जन्म कथ्यते । जन्म जंतुर्मृत्युजन्म पुरुषात्प्रतिपद्यते
prakṛtervyaktatāṃ yātaṃ dvitīyaṃ janma kathyate | janma jaṃturmṛtyujanma puruṣātpratipadyate
ジーヴァ（霊魂）がプラクリティを通して顕現する時、それが第二の誕生と呼ばれる。身を帯びた存在は、内住する主プルシャより、生を得、また死と再生の輪を受け取る。
Sūta Gosvāmin
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Significance: Clarifies bondage: embodied existence (jantu) enters manifesting Prakṛti and thereby the cycle of birth-death; motivates pilgrimage and worship as a means to transcend saṃsāra through Śiva’s grace.
Mantra: (Contextual association) oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam | urvārukamiva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya māmṛtāt ||
Type: mahamrityunjaya
Role: liberating
Cosmic Event: Saṃsāric cycle (mṛtyu-janma) as a recurring cosmic condition for the bound soul (paśu) under concealment (tirodhāna) until grace intervenes.
FAQs
It distinguishes the soul’s essential nature from its manifested embodied condition, teaching that bondage appears when consciousness becomes involved with Prakṛti, resulting in repeated birth and death until liberation through the Lord’s grace and right knowledge.
By identifying Puruṣa as the inner Lord behind embodied experience, it supports Saguna Shiva worship (such as Linga worship) as a concrete means to turn the jīva away from Prakṛti-bound identity and toward Pati (Shiva), the liberator.
Contemplate the distinction between Prakṛti and the indwelling Lord while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and maintaining Tripuṇḍra and Rudrākṣa as reminders of Shiva-centered identity over Prakṛti-born embodiment.